A. Candiello, INFN
New industry perspectives emerging from the EGI model
dr. Antonio Candiello INFN/IT, [email protected]
39 Countries (NGIs)
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Summary
• EGI fundamentals• Actors and Functions• Business in the EGI phase• (Commercial) Business Models• Final Questions
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EGI Basic Elements• EGI = NGIs + EGI.org
– NGIs basic country-based actors• national funding• own agenda and tasks
– EGI Policy Board (made by NGI reps)– EGI.org a coordinating body– EGI more sustainable economic model– new incomes should later integrate EU funding
• no middleware development within EGI– but, middleware maintenance included
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NGI
EGI.org, NGI and EGI Tasks
EGI.org tasksNGI International tasksNGI National tasks
NGI
NGI
(39?) NGIs
EGI.org coordination body
National Grid Initiatives (NGI) Main EGI national sustainable actors
NGI
(1) EGI.org
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NGI
EGI.org, NGI and EGI Tasks
EGI.org tasks
NGI National tasks
NGI
NGINGI
NGI International tasks
EGI.org
UC
S
User Comm.Operations Mware
SSC
SSC
SSC
SSC
(8) SSCs
Specialized Support Centers (SSC) EGI vertical entities for specific user communities
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(3) Consortia
NGI
Middleware is a key ingredient !
EGI.org tasksNGI International tasksNGI National tasks
NGI
NGINGI
EGI.orgMware maintenance tasks
Unified Middleware Distribution (UMD) EGI mw exchange layer
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NGI
e-Science is the high-level target
NGI
NGI
NGIEGI e-Science
Infrastructure EGI.org tasksNGI International tasksNGI National tasksConsortia Mware tasks
e-Science tasks
EGI: an infrastructure for High-Value Services
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EGI Actors
• NGIs (20-40: one each for eu Countries)• EIROs (research org like CERN, EBI, …)• EGI.org (coordinating entity)• Consortia (develop middleware)• SSCs (related to User Communities)
• Research Institutions/Teams/Projects• Resource Centers/Providers• also: UMD, MCB, …
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EGI functions
• Management (EGI PB & EGI.org)– EGI Coordination (NGI funded)
• Operations (NGIs)– Resource Management
• Middleware (Consortia)– Maintenance (EGI-funded)– Research & Development (Projects-funded)
• User Community svces (NGIs & SSCs)– User Support– Training– User Requirements & Applications
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Technology Infrastructures
“Infrastructure” & “Terminal” model
• (old …) Railways & trains …• Internet & web• GSM & cellular phones
• … EGI & Grid Applications !!!
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Business in the EGI era
• Interacting with clearly-defined actors• EGI is like a (government-funded)
“railway infrastructure”• only academic-related “trains” are
running• industry can:
– build/operate rails (difficult)– build/operate trains (easier)– offer services (“stations”)
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From Web 2.0 … to Grid 2.0 !
• Web 2.0– (web) users as producers of:
web content
• Grid 2.0– cpu/storage sharing already “2.0” model
IT resources (cpus & storage)– also … (grid) users as producers of:
services & software (algorithms & apps)
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Suggestions for Business & Grids
Distinguish industry between:
• Customerscompanies using IT services– identify the relevant areas
• Providerscompanies offering IT services– Application Developers– System-Level (mw) Developers– Resource Providers– Service Providers
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Service-related e-Science Areas
• Bioinformatics• Chemistry• Earth Sciences ( eGov)• Health Sciences ( eGov)• Graphic Modeling, Simulations• Optimization of Traffic Routing• Structural Engineering (FEMs)• Engine & Energy Engineering
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How to ease Industry Involvement
• join relevant SSC projects
• for SMEs– create local sub-national EGI-linked Grid
Initiatives mixing public & private research (with some public funding)
– sustain alliances for using EGI standards in productive chains
• for bigger industries:– suggest UMD standards for corporate multi-site
intra-grids
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(Commercial) Grid Users / Needs
• Computation work (in: cpu x hours or S2I x hours)
• Storage use (in: Gbyte x hours)• Application porting to EGI/UMD• Deploy of corporate-wide “Intragrids”
find the right algorithms … really:
• High-level expertise for Applied Research
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(Commercial) Grid Providers
• Resource (Centers) Providers• Middleware Stack Providers• Application Providers• Application Service Providers• Business Users Support Services
• High Level Services
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EGI Vs EGEE model for businessWith EGEE:through …
With EGI:through …
Information/ agreements
Several Project Leaders
EGI.org, SSCs
Resource Manage & Operate
Research Institutions
NGIs
Middleware Maintain & Develop
EU projects Consortia
Users Requirements & Applications
Research Institutions
SSCs & NGIs
SUM All roles mixed Easier for businesses
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Business Model definition*
• Infrastructure: core capabilities, partner network, value configuration;• Offer: value proposition;• Customer: customer relationship, distribution channel, target customer;• Finance: cost structure, revenue streams.
Partner Network
Core Capabilities
ValueConfiguration
CustomerRelationship
DistributionChannel
TargetCustomer
CostStructure
RevenueStreams
ValueProposition
Finance
Offer CustomerInfrastructure
* see: A. Osterwalder, 2004
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BM Template
Business Model Component Actor
Infrastructure
Core Capabilities Capabilities and competencies necessary for the BM
Partner Network Business alliances which complement BM
Value Configuration What makes the business mutually beneficial for a business and its customers
Offer Value Proposition Products and services offered
Customer
Target Customer Links with the different customer segments
Distribution Channel How products and services are delivered to customers
Customer Relationship The target audience for products & services
FinanceCost Structure Monetary representation of the BM means
Revenue Streams The different company revenue flows
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Questions
• Business jobs can’t circulate in EGI. Need EGI.biz for the private sector? Made up by the same NGIs?
• Which killer application for EGI.biz?• Industry don’t like sharing too much
with competitors … how can make them trust the grid?
• Multiplatform (x gLite) & accounting needed for industries … how to solve?